Malcolm Hornby is a self-employed portfolio worker. His work combines his interests as a business & personal coach, writer & presenter, internet auctioneer and property developer.
He is an enthusiastic and motivational public speaker. Throughout his career he has spoken at numerous meetings and conferences, for both large and small organisations and professional institutes, including The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). His professional interests include: Career and Life Planning, Communication Skills and How to Coach People Through Tough Situations at Work.
Malcolm is a passionate believer in the power of positive thinking and was the first to develop the positive-thinking concept that; ‘the glass is always full’. (See below)
Prior to starting to work independently in 1990, Malcolm was head of Human Resources, for the UK operation of a large multinational pharmaceutical and toiletries company.
He has been an MBA tutor in Human Resource Strategies with the Open University's Business School, and has published numerous articles on communication and management skills.
Malcolm is the author of ‘Get That Job’ (3rd edition) a FT / Prentice Hall best-seller. This is one of a series of 5 career development books which he has published over the past fifteen years. His books have been translated into Polish, Russian, Czech and Chinese.
His latest book ‘Working at 50+’ was published in March 2008 by Help the Aged. He is currently working on a project to develop books and resources, to help young people leaving Public Care to secure employment.
Malcolm is a Member of the Chartered Management Institute and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.
How many times have you heard the question ‘Is the glass half-full or half-empty?’ and felt good about the positive ‘half-full’ answer that you’ve given? If you think about it, though, this is not really all that positive, because unless you live your life in a vacuum, the glass is always full: sometimes with water, sometimes air, sometimes both, sometimes poison, sometimes nectar. The ‘glass’ is in your hands. The responsibility for making the most of the contents is, to a very large extent, yours. If you adopt the mind-set that you can make the most of what you have, you are half-way to success.